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STING OPERATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Operation designed to catch a person committing a criminal act
Example:
the police conducted a sting operation
Synonyms:
sting; sting operation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sting operation" is a kind of...):
operation (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A complicated confidence game planned and executed with great care (especially an operation implemented by undercover agents to apprehend criminals)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sting operation" is a kind of...):
bunco; bunco game; bunko; bunko game; con; con game; confidence game; confidence trick; flimflam; hustle; sting (a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property)
